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Happy Halloween!
Boo! Do you enjoy Halloween? Do you celebrate Samhain? Or is your religion one that is against it all? I’d really like to know. Halloween isn’t quite the same for me as it was in the years before I lost Stephanie, rather I see it as a time when the veil between the living and… Continue reading
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Just a long, lonesome road.
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Continue reading
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Still here.
On surviving. Continue reading
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The darkness.
The despair lays over me, a heavy black cloak chafing me and clutching at my neck. Words came from me that I can’t take back, so I live with them. And I can’t live with them. I can’t live with me. I have ways to do the job, to put me out of my misery… Continue reading
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A bevy of swans.
What do you get when you mix a bunch of young at heart women with a pool slide? Fun galore! Continue reading
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Layoff dreams.
It has been a week, almost to the minute, since I lost my job. The first day or so, I had heart palpitations and my blood pressure was quite high. It was about 48 hours before I started to get used to the fact that maybe I would retire. And now I’m not so sure.… Continue reading
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Dear Chickenshit
Yesterday I was laid off from my job. It was a very cold and strange experience. At least in the past when I was laid off, I had a conversation with my manager and a member of the HR team. I had an opportunity to discuss the reasons or at least the exit. That didn’t… Continue reading
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A potty mouth no more?
When I retire? Will I even be able to do all the things I want to do when I retire? Why not now? Why not take advantage of the energy I do have now to build more strength and energy to keep me going? It’s just one of the wonderful benefits that has come from… Continue reading
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CrimeCon 2026 / Vegas
What happens in Vegas can STAY in Vegas! Continue reading
About Me
A writer and solitary soul in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
